February 13, 2017

What Are Bed Bugs And How To Spot Them?

Do you see odd red, rusty stains on your beddings and mattresses but have no idea how did that happen? Check around for bed bugs! They are tiny pests that feed on human blood and could possibly cause an itchy bite, though some people might not have any reaction to their stings. Bed bugs are small, yet they pose a serious public health hazard if not given treatment on because they would travel around in people’s clothing and suitcases, allowing […]
February 8, 2017

Seeking Pest Control Service? Know Your Options

Argh, cockroach! Annoying ants! Get out of my house! What’s the pest that you could tolerate the least? Most people would answer cockroaches, ants, termites, or even rats. These are the common pest plaguing any area in a busy city. Due to the high density of populations in urban areas, people live in close proximity to each other. This means that while you have been vigilantly defending your home and/or shop from these pests, they can still enter your premises […]
January 28, 2017

Why Is Integrated Pest Management A Safe Way To Control Pests?

Integrated pest management is a strategy used by pest control experts that focuses on long term prevention of pests with the aim of doing it in a natural and human safe way, in short, letting nature do its work. We might have thought of using vast amounts of pesticides to kill or even to wipe out the pest colonies which gives us immediate results in getting them out of sight. However, this is often not encouraged as these measures could […]
January 23, 2017

How To Prevent Termite Infestations At Home?

There will be times where things start to get out of hand with us trying to keep out pests from their actually natural habitats. When our city moved towards urbanization, we actually took over the living spaces of the natural creatures of earth and made it our own. Termites for example, are hard to control as they hide at invisible spots at home but they at the same time pose threats to our properties. How is it that we can […]
January 15, 2017

Fun Facts About Termites You Might Not Know

Termites, also known as white ants, can wreak havoc to our property and cause costly damage. However, there are many things yet to be understood about these highly social insects. Here at Ikari, we use our knowledge about these insects to efficiently control and prevent termite infestation. However, we have also compiled these few fun facts about termites that you might not know. Fact 1: Termites are blind As insects that spend most of their time underground, termites rely very […]
November 26, 2016

Hardy Cockroaches

Fast and agile, cockroaches have been roaming the Earth since the Carboniferous period. As we humans wage a war against cockroaches in our modern establishments, cockroaches have been found to exist for more than 300 million years. There are fossils of these insects that we tend to kill upon sight. But their presence in our homes at this age of time just proves to show their survivability and adaptability to the changing world. As much as we hate them, cockroaches […]
November 25, 2016

Importance Of Integrated Pest Management Techniques For Pest Elimination

Integrated pest management is a simple strategy to improve the ecosystem by focusing mainly on the long-term elimination of the damages caused by pests with the help of combined techniques that include habitat manipulation, biological control, use of different resistant varieties and modifying cultural practices. The work of integrated pest management is to use pesticides only after monitoring them and by using them as per the guidelines provided with a motive of targeting and removing organisms only. The materials for pest […]